Bank of India : ECO-FRIENDLY TECH POWER

This project was conceptualized to overcome acute power shortages, or
“no-power” situation in the remote branches of Bank of India. Acute power
shortages led to a stand-still work culture. Customer Service was greatly
affected and business growth had become stagnant. Generating power through
generators was not eco-friendly, but hazardous and generating conventional power
was un-economical as the kerosene, diesel or petrol required for running the
generators was a burden for the branch and wasn't easily available.

With the implementation of solar power the bank has overcome these problems.
As a solution to this problem, solar power was used to charge the UPSs used by
the branches. The solar plant not only provides power to the UPSs to charge but
it also provides power for the lights in the branches.

Key challenges faced in this deployment were of a different kind--obtaining
road permits in a scheduled time frame for transportation of equipment; since
many branches were leased, then obtaining permission from landlord to install
solar panels on roof; finally ensuring that rooftops were made of RCC to bear
the load of equipment being installed